Sentences with phrase «provides taxpayer funds»
The state's voucher program provides taxpayer funds for families to send their children to private schools.
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State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.
ICT: Skymeter Corp. provides data needed to migrate roads and parking from taxpayer - subsidized to pay - per - use funding, cutting citywide emissions by 15 per cent and traffic congestion by 30 per cent.
And such groups provided Catholic support for the president in 2009, when he faced conservative Catholic criticism over his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, and in 2010, when the bishops opposed Obama's health care law, alleging that it left the door open to taxpayer - funded abortion.
I'd be in favor of government - run health clinics for those in need requiring ALL physicians receiving their medical degrees via taxpayer - funded student loans serve 1 - 2 years in a local clinic providing health exams, vaccinations, pap smears, prenatal care, etc.... allowing credits for their service towards paying back their student loans.
Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.
Then the employees could get on the Federally funded system and the taxpayers could provide this coverage for the 13,000 additional people.
So far, it's been impossible to obtain adequate Congressional funding even for the current meal program, and I suspect that using taxpayer dollars to provide meals to those who could otherwise afford them would be abhorrent to many Americans, even those who aren't inherently distrustful of sweeping government programs.
The NYC Comptroller's Office has dragged a small law - enforcement union into court over its refusal to provide records of its taxpayer - funded retiree and annuity funds.
«Cuomo's approach has solved nothing for either our school children or our homeowners because he has refused to provide the state funding our schools need which has resulted in local taxpayers paying a record share of the cost of funding schools.»
«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.
When de Blasio unveiled his $ 84.68 billion second - draft budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he announced that the city would meet Mark - Viverito's request that city establish a permanent taxpayer funding stream to the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, a pilot program that has provided attorneys to unauthorized foreign nationals in immigration court.
We need State Lawmakers to assist their local taxpayers and provide mandate relief, and dedicate bank settlement funds to local roads and water projects.»
Cox said Gillibrand's explanation for her «no» vote — that the deal doesn't provide sufficient relief to the middle class and is fiscally irresponsible — doesn't ring true based on some of her past votes, including her support of preserving taxpayer funds to thw now - defunct ACORN (Schumer opposed that one).
Thanks to a new state law, East Hampton taxpayers will have the right to force a vote on whether the town should accept money for East Hampton Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration, which imposes rules on how airports function as a condition of providing funding.
«This Board of Legislators has a fiduciary responsibility to the residents and taxpayers of Oneida County to be certain that the amounts of the funds required to be provided by the Oneida Nation, as per the terms of the agreement, are correct,» stated Tallarino.
As state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently reported, ESDC «provides little public information regarding the results of taxpayer - funded investments in its initiatives.»
As far as providing a fund that's available without taxpayers money, that's up to negotiation,» DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, said.
The annual expense for providing care averages $ 8 million, which is fully funded by taxpayers and Mychajliw says this is too much.
They also wrote Cuomo that «producer - funded drug take - back programs save government and taxpayers money, fairly incorporate the true cost of managing these products in the purchase price, and provide a director financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.»
That funding will be set aside to offset Medicaid costs, and allow us to provide relief to our property taxpayers.
«The government can still use taxpayer funds to subsidize political campaigns, but it can only do that in a manner that provides an alternative to private financing» said William R. Maurer, a lawyer with Institute for Justice, which represented several challengers of the law.
Dutchess County will seek to draw down these promised funds to provide greater taxpayer relief as soon as New York State provides eligibility guidelines.
Asked how he could represent a large Latino population, Mr. Perkins initially responded in Spanish before highlighting his support for the Dream Act, which would provide taxpayer - funded college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.
Responding to the report on behalf of the charities, Centrepoint Chief Executive, Seyi Obakin said: «The positive outcomes for the study participants are testament to the targeted support that well - funded homelessness services can provide to tackle homelessness, with long - term benefits to the taxpayer.
Taxpayers already write a substantial cheque to politicians for so - called «short money», a fund for political advisors who are provide the political counterbalance to the civil service for those in opposition.
Senate Republicans continue to oppose the creation of a statewide campaign finance system funded by taxpayers, which would needlessly divert resources away from our schools, infrastructure and initiatives to provide tax relief for hardworking families.»
The UK provides certain services to nominated candidates, paid for from the general fund of the country («taxpayer's money» if you will; I'm trying to avoid overly emotive language).
In closing, I would again like to clarify that since taking office, I have been, and will continue to be, committed to funding the library so that they can continue to provide vital services that taxpayers deserve, without creating more government.
«We are writing on behalf of New York City to urge that the upcoming Continuing Resolution include adequate funds to reimburse the City for the extraordinary amount of resources New York City taxpayers are providing to protect President - elect Donald J. Trump and his family,» de Blasio and Mark - Viverito wrote in a letter to congressional leaders being sent today.
I use funds from my campaign account rather than using taxpayer dollars to pay for additional expenses because of my personal commitment to providing the highest quality services to my constituents.»
«Professional politician James Skoufis votes in lock step vote with the New York City liberals who support taxpayer funded political campaigns, shifting more school aid to New York City and providing free college tuition to illegal immigrants.
To provide staff to all private — meaning mostly religious — schools without a proper review of which facility has a need for this kind of security is an expensive way of going around constitutional prohibitions against using taxpayer funding for religious institutions.»
De Blasio is participating in the CFB's matching funds program, which provides taxpayer dollars to qualifying candidates in an effort to empower regular New Yorkers in city elections.
«This issue is too important to abandon,» Singas wrote Thursday, «so I am renewing the call for legislation that sets clear guidelines for proper taxpayer - funded mass communication and that provides for civil and criminal penalties for abuse.»
Funding VBN's efforts provides a tremendous return on investment for taxpayers and the local economy.
Senate Republicans, while opposing the DREAM Act, which would allow taxpayer - funded state tuition assistance programs to be used on the colege kids of illegal immigrants, support the education tax credit that would provide a benefit for those who donate to private and public schools.
State taxpayers bear most of the financial burden, as Albany provides the district with more than 80 percent of its funding.
Last year, when Hein announced that the county would provide public electric car charging stations, Auerbach pointed out that it was illegal to provide public resources — in this case taxpayer - funded electricity — for free.
«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said GOP spokesman Scott Reif.
Lastly, it appears that Rep. Maurice Hinchey believes that his constituent tax dollars should be provided to organizations that are fully capable of running as private businesses, would prefer not to fully fund the military (and thus troops), would prefer children in D.C. receive substandard educations, and waste taxpayer dollars on programs that are ineffective, burdensome, and widely viewed (by politicians of both Parites) as a complete mistake.
Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.
The statement clarifies Bucshon's comments by explaining that the draft legislation «is consistent with the plan approved by the National Science Board that requires NSF staff to provide clear justifications for why grants are worthy of American taxpayer funds.»
«Position A: Government should give parents more educational choices by providing taxpayer - funded vouchers to help pay for private or religious schools.
The history of the MPCP illustrates how voucher programs can provide significant taxpayer savings when students voluntarily choose to attend schools that draw less on public funds than the schools they would otherwise attend.
She will confirm that the review will examine the whole system of student funding — including how it provides value for money, both for students and taxpayers, and how students and graduates contribute to the cost of their studies.
«Since this program saves taxpayers money and the legislature will need to appropriate more funding to return these students to the local public schools, which will lead to increase costs to the local district; the legislature should instead provide the funding for the scholarship program to allow parents to choose schools they believe will best educate their children,» Duplessis added.
The Patriot - News reported that [Corbett] «aims to see Pennsylvania join the growing list of states that offer taxpayer - funded vouchers to parents to send their children to a school of their choice... The governor also wants to expand the state's tax credits program that provides for business - funded private school scholarships.»
The statement concludes: «There is no reasonable rationale for using taxpayer funds to build more charter schools until and unless the federal government provides resources to build and renovate our traditional public schools, especially in underfunded and overcrowded urban districts, proportional to the number of students currently enrolled in them.»
Fast forward to 2017: President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have championed a plan to provide federal funding for private school voucher systems nationwide, which would funnel millions of taxpayer dollars out of public schools and into unaccountable private schools — a school reform policy that they say would provide better options for low - income students trapped in failing schools.